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Pulwama attack: Sitharaman returns to India, to attend CCS meeting
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman returned to India from Sweden on Friday and will attend a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack in Kashmir.
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Rahul Gandhi to meet envoys of major countries tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Just months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress President Rahul Gandhi will meet envoys of major countries and groupings here tomorrow, a move which may be seen as positioning himself as a prospective prime ministerial candidate.
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India, Germany review defence cooperation
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday concluded an official bilateral visit to Germany and reviewed a gamut of bilateral defence cooperation, which is emerging as an important facet of India-Germany Strategic Partnership.
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Rafale deal: Rahul disapproves CAG report, asks why 'dissent note' by nego
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday refused to accept the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the Rafale fighter deal, raising questions over various elements in it.
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Army to airlift stranded students, others from Jammu and Srinagar: Defence
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 11 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Army will airlift stranded students and others from Srinagar to Jammu and vice-versa as the national highway, the only surface link that connects the valley with rest of the country, is blocked due to hea
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Defence corridors will create 3.5 lakh jobs in UP, Tamil Nadu, says Nirmal
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 10 (ANI): The defence corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu will generate 3.5 lakh jobs at their various stages of supply chain, said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday.
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Rafale issue: Sitharaman terms news item ‘distorted’, wonders if doubts ar
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI) A combative Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday termed as “incomplete” and “distorted” the news item published by a newspaper about “parallel negotiations” by the PMO in the Rafale fighter deal and wondered whether &ldqu
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Govt trying to cover up on Rafale, says Hindu Group Editor N Ram
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): Chairman of The Hindu Group N Ram, who wrote about the then Defence Secretary Mohan Kumar's dissent note on Rafale fighter negotiation issue, said on Friday that the government was trying to "cover up" on the matter and asserted that he does not re
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PMO has something to hide, says former Defence Minister AK Antony
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India) Feb 8 (ANI): In the wake of the latest media report on the Rafale deal, veteran Congress leader and former Defence Minister A K Antony on Friday questioned whether the PMO had any "special interest" to push the contract.
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Defence Minister counters Rahul Gandhi's charges on Rafale deal in LS, Opp
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday rejected Congress President Rahul Gandhi's allegation based on a media report that claimed the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) ran parallel negotiations with France on the multi-billion Rafale fighter jet deal.
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Defence Minister, Uttrakhand CM pay homage to late Squadron Leader Siddhar
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday paid homage to late Squadron Leader Siddhartha Negi who was among the two pilots who lost their lives in the crash of a Mirage 2000 aircraft in Ben
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Indo-French high-level group to settle any disputes in Rafale deal, says D
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 4 (ANI) Any dispute in the inter-governmental agreement (IGA) with France for the 36 Rafale fighter jets will “be settled through the bilateral high level group” established by the two governments, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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